by Thomas Keneally · Hodder & Stoughton Canada · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340624753
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«Bettany's Book» is the historical novel by Thomas Keneally, published by Hodder & Stoughton in paperback (608 pages, in English).
Dimp Bettany, a film producer in Sydney, finds the diaries of her ancestors: the settler John Bettany and the convict Sarah Bernard. Her sister Prim, an aid worker in Sudan, reads those letters; together they explore colonial Australia, Sarah's relationship with an English murderess, and the secrets that redefine their family's past.
The first edition is from 2000; the paperback edition, from 2001. The narrative combines letters and diaries.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction, with a special interest in colonial Australia and stories told through letters and diaries.
Thomas Michael Keneally is an Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor. He is best known for his historical fiction novel Schindler's Ark, the story of Oskar Schindler's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust, which won the Booker Prize in 1982. The book would later be adapted into Steven Spielberg's 1993 film Schindler's List, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
